Fifteen tweets you might have missed about Wendy Davis’ filibuster

Texas State Sen. Wendy Davis became an overnight sensation after she staged a late-night filibuster that successfully blocked (at least temporarily) a Texas GOP anti-abortion bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks and shut down a large majority of abortion clinics in the state.

Davis’ instant rise to international fame was powered by social media platforms, particularly Twitter, as the word spread and more and more viewers tuned in to watch her run out the clock on the aggressive pro-life legislation.

Hundreds of thousands of people employed the hashtags #StandWithWendy, #SB5 and #txlege were used to track what was happening on the floor of the Texas State Senate throughout the day.

The 11-hour one-woman marathon was met with countless responses from not only Texans, but viewers all over the country and the world. Here are some tweets about Davis’ big day that you may have missed:

1. Some were snarky in questioning the procedures of the Senate.

Wendy Davis couldn’t eat, drink, sit down, lean, pee, or stop talking because RULES ARE RULES, but you can call a vote after midnight? #SB5

Davis’ determination and will had politicians all over the country shooting her tweets of support and pride, in lieu of an already busy political week full of Supreme Court decisions and immigration debates.

6. House minority leader California Rep. Nancy Pelosi gave Wendy a shout-out tweet, giving her some props for “standing up for women.”

While pro-choice and women’s rights groups kept their eyes glued to the screens and their ears tuned to every word Davis said, many were infatuated with a different aspect of the event: her shoes. The shoes earned themselves their own Twitter trend: #pinkshoes.